![]() ![]() While Christ Illusion 's recording was finally underway Rubin lent production to Metallica's Death Magnetic, an action later described by King as a "slap in the fucking face." Josh Abraham produced the album instead, and was praised by Blabbermouth's Don Kaye "for capturing much more of the spark than has been apparent on the last few records." Despite missing an opportunity to produce Christ Illusion, Rubin contributed in an " executive production" capacity. Rubin was busy, however, which caused a further delay to recording. Slayer wished for Reign in Blood producer Rick Rubin to produce the album, and expected him to do so after Rubin expressed an initial interest. Records was not finalized until late July 2005. For this reason the group did not finish a record at that time, as the distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records, meaning the recording would have been temporarily shelved until the issue became resolved. Slayer's label American Recordings was at the time negotiating a switch of record distributors from Columbia Records to Warner Bros. In a July 2004 interview, guitarist Jeff Hanneman reported "Me and Kerry have a bunch of songs," and expressed the band's intent to finish the record that year. However, Lombardo recalls recording with King as far back as early 2003, when two demos were completed at Lombardo's home. ![]() Guitarist Kerry King recalls nine of the eleven songs originally slated for Christ Illusion were demoed in 2004, with Dave Lombardo at the drum kit. The album includes the Grammy Award-winning songs " Eyes of the Insane" and "Final Six".Ĭhrist Illusion was recorded via computer between two studios: NRG Studios, North Hollywood, with assistant engineer Dave Colvin and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, where Brian Warwick assisted. Ĭhrist Illusion received generally favorable critical reviews, and entered the US Billboard 200 at number 5, making it the band's second highest U.S. Following protests, all Indian stocks of the album were recalled and destroyed by EMI India. Lyrics, particularly in the song "Jihad", describe the September 11 attacks from the perspective of a terrorist. Slayer's drummer, Dave Lombardo, performed with the band for the first time since Seasons in the Abyss (1990).ĭepicting a mutilated Christ painted by longtime collaborator Larry Carroll, the album's graphic artwork courted controversy an alternative cover was issued to conservative retailers who felt uncomfortable with the original, and the band also put out a censored cover without the offensive artwork. It was the band's first album featuring all four original members in over sixteen years. Christ Illusion is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on Augby American Recordings. ![]()
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